If he were not cremated, my dear departed Pat would be rolling over in his grave at this week's news.
Not that he thought much of the State of Iowa's original deal to give an Egyptian firm $100 million to build a fertilizer plant in Lee County (Wever), Iowa. "Iowa has to pay money to somebody to make shit? Shit! We got Shit!!" he said exasperated.
Real shit Pat was referring to is far better than the chemical Orascom (the Egyptian) is concocting and availability of the fake variety is destroying Iowa waterways and the Gulf of Mexico.
Last week,Orascom canned all the union workers, hired subcontractors who have gone to Texas to look for cheaper workers (Mexicans?). Rah yeah immigration! Rah yeah politicians whose policies impoverish the middle class.
It takes a wide Critical Eye to encompass the negative social and environmental impacts of the misbegotten decisions the Governor and his economic development department and I know we haven't seen them all yet.
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